Might be a long shot.....

[YaleFootballFan]

.....but Hartford wants the NHL back.

From the Hartford Courant:

Hartford City Officials Meet With NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman (http://www.courant.com/news/local/hr/hc-towndigbrf0115.art0jan15,0,5369581.story)

[TheValleyRaider]

Yeah, quite a long shot at this point

I wager if the NHL returns to Hartford, it'd be a franchise moving (Phoenix?) and even then, their more likely destination would be Canada, probably the Hamilton area (that's not where Colgate's Hamilton, which I know some of you are thinking ;))